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“Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.”
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“This is what language does: organize the world into manageable, and in some sense artificial, units that can then be inhabited and manipulated.”
― How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One
― How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.
—"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64”
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—"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64”
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